Scientists Breed Threatened Florida Coral Species in Step Toward Reef Restoration
April 21 (Reuters) – Scientists have successfully bred a threatened species of coral as part of a project that hopes…
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Sediments a Likely Culprit in Spread of Deadly Disease on Florida Coral Reefs, Study Finds
New findings also point to coastal construction as potential way of further spreading coral disease. MIAMI—A new study found that…
Studies on environmental co-factors potentially influencing the disease dynamics of Florida’s coral tissue loss diseases
Task 1 compared lesion morphology and mortality through time among diseased M. cavernosa and S. siderea colonies in the Keys and Fort Lauderdale sites. At…
Reef-building Coral Disease Intervention, Statistical Modelling, and Preparation for Restoration Task 6 Final Report: Environmental drivers of stony coral tissue loss disease
This report describes an effort to test whether there are predictable patterns of SCTLD incidence within a population of Orbicella…
Coral ECA Reef-Building Coral Disease Intervention and Preparation for Restoration
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) was first discovered in the Southeast Florida Coral ECA in 2014 and remains present…
Coral Restoration and Youth Environmental Education
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA)’s Florida Sea Base has a functioning land based coral nursery (one of a few…
Electron Microscopy of Florida Corals Affected with SCTLD
Based on microscopy, hypotheses as to possible causes of SCTLD include infectious agents not visible at the light microscopy level…
Development of Alternative in Situ Treatments for SCTLD
Specific tasks for this project were (1) Screening for novel probiotic strains and laboratory testing, (2) development of an improved…
Development of Probiotics and Alternative Treatments for SCTLD
The effectiveness and feasibility of probiotics has been demonstrated in aquatic and terrestrial systems, including humans. Likewise, results from collaborators…
Reef-wide Outplanting of Corals Susceptible to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Begins
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and our coral reef restoration…
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease found at Dry Tortugas National Park
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease—an infectious, water-borne disease that impacts hard coral species and damages entire reefs—has been found on corals in Dry Tortugas National Park.
Metaproteomic Analysis of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
Determining the causative agent(s) of coral disease relies on a multidisciplinary approach since the causation may be a combination of…
